Sergeant Major Jacob M. Reiff is a native of Wisconsin, and enlisted in the Marine Corps on 31 May 1995. Upon completion of Recruit Training at MCRD San Diego California, Sergeant Major Reiff attended Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School (MCCES) in 29 Palms, California. Upon completion, he was awarded the MOS 2841 Radio Repairman.
Sergeant Major Reiff has served in a wide array of duties over the course of his 27+ year career to include Radio Repairman and Non Combatant Evacuation Operations NCOIC for MEU Service Support Group-31, Firepower Control Team Radio Operator, Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival, and Radio Repairman with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Communications Maintenance Chief with 2d Force Reconnaissance Company, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, Communications Maintenance Chief and Joint Terminal Attack Controller with 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Communications Maintenance Chief and Assistant Communications Chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Company Gunnery Sergeant and Guard Chief for Marine Corps Security Force Company Guantanamo Bay Cuba, First Sergeant and Remain Behind Sergeant Major for Marine Special Operations Company F and 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Company First Sergeant for the Marine Security Company at the Presidential Retreat at Camp David.
His assignments as a unit Sergeant Major include Battalion Sergeant Major of 3d Battalion 6th Marine Regiment and subsequently as the Battalion Landing Team 3/6 Sergeant Major as part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary, Battalion Sergeant Major for 2d Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Regimental Sergeant Major for 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Wing Sergeant Major, for 2d Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force and is currently serving as the Sergeant Major for Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps.
His deployments and operational experience include deployments with or in support of the 31st MEU, 26th MEU, and 24th MEU, Operation Iraqi Freedom I, II and III, Joint Task Force Liberia, Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Operation Inherent Resolve-Iraq, and most recently as the Marine Rotational Forces Europe Aviation Task Force Sergeant Major in support of NATO’s Eastern Flank Air Policing Mission.